Terracehouse Berlin Building, Lobe Block Mixed use, German Architecture Images
Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block
Multi-use atelier and gallery building in Germany – design by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet Architekten
14 Feb 2019
Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block
Terracehouse Berlin, Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Design: Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet Architekten, Berlin, Munich

photographs © Erica Overmeer, David von Becker
Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block
The Terrassenhaus Berlin, located in Berlin-Wedding, is a multi-use atelier and gallery building that combines different forms of usage.
The site faces onto the suburban railway track, offering a wide view towards the south. The building?s levels are staggered, creating a ziggurat-like shape with six metre deep terraces on each floor and a maximised semi-public space in the ground floor, which otherwise would have been sealed off. Shifting the lower floors to the south creates a 7.50 metre deep covered sidewalk that functions as a semi-public plaza in front of the gallery space on the ground floor. The depth of the units vary from 26 metres at ground level to 11 metres at the highest level.
In this sense, the program of the units is aligned with the floor depth and subsequently the amount of light. Two external staircases at the back connect the different floors via the terraces, aiming for a more common and public use of the exterior spaces by the users, leading to a shared public roof space. Neit...